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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0870.005 2006-2008 M<v os BRENDA J FORD Phone: (808)326-5421 Fax: (808)329-4786 Council Member E-Mail: bford@co.hawaii.hi.us District 7 - Central Kona HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawai 'i Kailua Trade Center 75-5706 Hanama Place, Suite 109 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 7 _n DATE: February 22, 2008 8n ht - TO: Pete Hoffmann, Chairperson, cNrn and Members of the Hawaii County Council -ti FROM: nda J. Ford, Council Member W Y Ln SUBJECT: Transmitting Bill 209, Draft 3 (An Ordinance for the Imposition of rv Administrative Fines for Violations of the County Code of Ethics) Attached please find Draft 3 of Bill 209. This draft contains amendments made by the County Council during its meeting on February 21, 2008, as proposed in Communication No. 870.4. These amendments include the following: 1. Section 5 of Bill 209, Draft 2, relating to the date the ordinance would take effect, and reads as follows: "SECTION 5[:], This ordinance shall take effect upon [its approval] the date that the board of ethics formally adopts rules and procedures relating to the imposition of administrative fines, pursuant to Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes." 2. A non-substantive "friendly amendment" to the severability clause in Section 4 of Bill 209, Draft 2, and reads as follows: "SECTION 4. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance which [ea] can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable." Changes to Draft 2 of Bill 209 are shown above in Ramseyer format. BJF/dkr Att. 109 •3> Gomm: No. 7~'s Ref. To- ~rea©c Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island Ref. Date FEB 20~$ Hawaii Cauntv Is An Eaual Opportunity Provider And Emplover